| Artist | Victor Wang | Resides | United States |
| Website | victorwang.net | Medium | Oil |
| Print Shop | victorwang.net/shop | [email protected] | |
| Representing Gallery | Duane Reed Gallery St. Louis, MO. USA Odon Wagner Gallery Toronto, ON. Canada Gallery Victor Chicago, IL. USA Cinema Gallery | Themes | Expressive and symbolic Figurative Contemporary narrative Mythology Spirituality Mood and emotion portraiture |
| Follow the Artist | Instagram | Facebook | Press | victorwang.net/publications |
About the artist
Victor Wang is a Chinese American artist based in the United States. He earned his BFA from the Lu Xun Academy of Fine Arts in China and his MFA from Fontbonne University in the U.S. Currently residing in St. Louis, MO, Wang is a full professor at Fontbonne University, where he teaches painting, drawing, and graduate critique classes.
Victor has exhibited his work widely across the country and internationally, receiving various awards for excellence in both painting and art instruction. His work has been showcased in museums and galleries worldwide.
Victor Wang is the 1st prize winner of the RAYMAR Traditional Art Award, Beautiful Bizarre Art Prize 2024
Artwork Themes & Subject Matter
Victor Wang’s figurative paintings act as vehicles to convey the human experience, capturing the emotional tension and psychological drama of life’s pivotal moments. Themes such as nostalgia, harmony, passion, agony, sadness, and pleasure are all evident in his recent body of work, developed over the past two decades. His art, often inspired by childhood memories and past experiences, frequently tells a recurring story.
Victor’s painting technique combines heavy impasto on the light areas with transparent applications on the shadows, creating a striking physicality and perceptual depth.
Press
Victor Wang’s paintings have been featured in notable magazines and online sources including American Art Collector (2019, 2014 and 2008), Fine Art Connoisseur 2019, MUSEUM 2018, Beautiful Bizarre Magazine, and Edge of Humanity Magazine,
Upcoming Exhibitions
| When | Exhibition | Gallery |
| November 2024 | Group exhibition: “Paracosmic Escape” curated by Beautiful Bizarre and art direction of Musonium Gallery | Modern Eden Gallery San Francisco, CA. USA |
2025 | Solo exhibition: ‘To be announced’ | Duane Reed Gallery St. Louis, MO. USA |
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Selected Solo Exhibitions
2024
Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States
2023
Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States
2021
Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States
2020
The Mitchell Museum, Mount Vernon, IL. United States
Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States
2017
Yuhsiu Museum of Art, Taiwan
2016
Cinema Gallery, Urbana, IL. United States
Selected Group Exhibitions
2022
Small works Invitational Exhibition, Duane Reed Gallery, St Louis MO. United States
Echoes of Nature, Invitational show, Studio Channel Islands, Los Angeles, CA. United States
Art Market San Francisco 2022, San Francisco, CA. United States
2021
The Human Condition, AnArt Gallery, San Antonio, TX. United States
2020
Painting The Figure Now, Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art, WI. United States
2019
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
A Survey of Excellence 2019 show, Heartland Art Club, Kirkwood, MO. United States
Secondary Meanings: Figural Diptychs, The Zhou B Art Center, Chicago, IL. United States
12th Annual Contemporary Figurative Art Show, Hilliard Gallery, Kansas, MO. United States
Art Market San Francisco, San Francisco, CA. United States
2018
The Human Condition, AnArt Gallery, San Antonio, TX. United States
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Painting The Figure Now, Wausau Museum Of Contemporary Art, WI. United States
We The People, The Mesa Contemporary Art Museum, AZ. United States
2017
Sofa Chicago 2017, Chicago, IL. United States
Toronto International Art Fair, Toronto, Canada
Figure 8, Victor Armendariz Gallery, Chicago, IL. United States
Group Show, Victor Armendariz Gallery, Chicago, IL. United States
2016
Sofa Chicago 2016 Chicago, IL. United States
Art Hamptons, New York, NY. United States
Art Palm Beach 2016, Palm Beach, FL. United States
L A Art Show 2016, Los Angeles, CA. United States
